National Republican., 1887-01-18
AMUSENIEN rs.
NEW NATIONAL THEATER.


Miss Annie Pixley scored decided success
last night in the double characters of Ruth
Homewebb and Mabel Hawthorn, the two
combining to form the heroine of Gunter's
new play, "The Deacon's Daughter" The
comedy is well conceived, and many of the
situations are excellent, but, as in most OF this
playwIights work, the incidents are thrown
on with pitchfOrk. Altogether, however, the
story IL an interesting one, and kept an au.
dience attentive. and amused to, the end A
very narrow-minSed New England deacon,
whose faith in Providence grows inversely as
the profits of his farm, finds himself swamped
by mortgage, and his daughter, Ruth, goes
to New YORK first as nursery maid, but in.
tending to make money to pay her fathers
debts. She has ambition TO 20 ON the stage,
though conscious that her father and mother
will disown her IL they come TO know about 1t.
comes TO New York suddenly and calls upon
her, when she personates her own servant, aud
is about TO succeed just, as some fashionable
amateur, theatrical people with low bodies and
short sleeves, dresses, described by the
deacon as "cut. by satan,n enter
the. rooms. The deacon Is horriied and
tackset, Conn.,, though he has no idea of her
being anything else than servant TO the theatri.
cal people. Ruth is not success at doing
chores but she sings some capital songs,
''mashes' the local squire, whom she helps
her father to kick out Of the trout yard when
the Squire tries to intmidate her by saying he
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becomes sick of the washing tub, and, al.
though she has sufficient money saved to roise
the mortgage, allows the law to take It's course,
and and carries m her parents y away to New New YORK,
''man of the world, or, If necessary. into
dude" The plan succeeds Her lover pays the
mortgage. The old deacon modfes his opln.
ions of Providence and actresses. He goes to
the theater and hurls bouquets ut the leading
lady, who turns out to be his own daughter,
and everything ends happily. The sup!ortwas
fair, but Mr.. M. @, DAILY, as the deacon, is next
to Miss Pixley, the strong feature of the enter
tainment, just as, in similar capacity, he
contributed so much to the success Of Miss
Maddern's play few months ago. Miss Pix
ley Gang several songs in her best style.
ALBAUGH's GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
A large house assembled last night to see the
ever popular Fritz" who kept his audience
in the best Of good humor from the going up Of
same. II IS not necessary to describe this per-
formanoe, or TO say more than was written by
well-known bard OF the Egyptian queen,
that age cannot stale nor custom wlther the
Infinite variety. Fritz's voice sounds as soft
and pleasing as OF yore; his dancing is Just as
graceful as IN days when the world was
younger, and "Our Cousin German" refuses to
grow old
THE ELKs' BENEFIT.
The Washington public always looks for.
ward 10 the Elksannual benefit with pleasure,
as IL is known that on this occasion combi.
nation OF attractions viii be presented excel.
bill was the finest ever offered in this city, or
any other, for that matter, and the friends of
the order were, amply repaid for, attending
This year the benefit will take place on the
18th of February, and the programme will iu-
clude some OF the best talent in the country
II is not yet fully completed; but enough Is
known to rake II certain that the perform.
Gnce will be as great as heretofore given.
HARRIs's BIJoU THEATER.
full house last night ut the Bilou, the play
zone OF the Brayest" II was finely represented
and received with hearty applause, which ap-
Howard by Charles @, Mccarthy, Mrs Cirogan
by William Cronin, The Tiger by IL. s. Parker,
and Rosie by Polly Macdonald. The young
lady's singing and dancing, also, were highly
acceptable.
KERNANs wAsHIEGToN THEATER.
The combined companies at Kernan's last
night certainly did win the world or as much
Of II as could then lenter the house; the rest
will DO conquered during the week. There
was, of course, great variety of performance
and great beauty, too Lille Halls silver gladi.
ators, led by lovely Lille herself made pro-
dances helped to illuminate the evening aud
Oxygen was not wanting in llfe-giylng
THE DINE MUSEUM
II couldn't have been otherwise nt the Dime
last night "Muldoon's Picnic" charmed n
crowded audience. From beginning 10 end IL
spaTkled with fun, and so did the attentive
multitude. One Of the great points was Null
doon's performances on skates, the confidence
with which he undertook the difficult feat aud
were introduced, The "summer Day" sketch,
by Harry Edwards and Daisy Kernel, afforded
much pleasure. Nettie Carline, the "Iniant
Wonder" well deserves her title Happy Harry
Lynch was excellent in his Dutch comioalI.
ties. Gilsen and Miles as the Irish lads, salts